BIB_ID
102682
Accession number
MA 157.5
Creator
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
Display Date
1797 July 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Defending his dissent to the Constitution; adding that he has "never repented, a moment, of my vote on that occasion, & have since seen the constitution amended, as I wished, & the illiberality of those retaliated, who denied me the right of deliberating freely, & of exercising my judgment, when my country demanded it;" expressing his regret that he cannot call on her and the President before he leaves for Europe; adding that if she or the President "have any particular commands in Europe, I shall depend on the honor of executing them..."
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